Fiesta Chicken Casserole

America’s Test Kitchen does it again and creates a delicious made-from-scratch meal in 30 minutes. Well, made from scratch except for the Fritos. 🙂 The kids loved this one. I think it had to do with the Fritos.

If you make this ahead of time, or you know you will have leftovers – leave off part of the Fritos. The Frito topping gets soggy because it is exposed to air and moisture. Just hold back on the chips in a small baggie, or include the whole baggie when giving as a meal.

*I used regular brown rice that takes like 20 minutes to cook. So, I added the rice without the beans and corn. I clamped the lid on for 20 minutes or whatever the box said and let it cook. Then, continued with the rest of the recipe. This takes longer to do – but I had the brown rice that takes longer to cook on hand. Instant will work, too. This is just an alternative if you happen to have the cooking rice on hand.